Een verandering in het weer is voldoende om de wereld en onszelf te vernieuwen^
Post gerelateerd aan mijn reis van Ulvenhout naar Bulawayo per motor in 2002. In het Engels.
Yesterday the 3rd of December I had a severe accident on the way from Madaba to Karak in Jordan. The bike looks okay but the Tesch-cases and the rack are completely gone. I will have to make new ones. My Laptop is broken (till now no luck with electronics), so Lees verder …
Newsletter No. 2002-7 (special edition) Consulaat-Generaal der Nederlanden Lagos November 2002 To whoever may read this, With this extra newsletter I would like to inform you about the following: Mr. Paul Hesselink (30 y.), a Dutch Citizen, accompanied by Kaye J. MacMillan, Australian Citizen , are doing an Africa Overland. Lees verder …
15-11-2002 Smelling Syria Awoke pretty early, had the nicest breakfast till now and headed for the Turkish – Syrian border town of Antakya. That I reached again by sunset but there should be plenty of hotels around. Finding your way in a new town by dark keeps difficult and I Lees verder …
Just a quick update as nothing really happened here. From Ankanya I drove to Tartus in Siria and from there to Beiroet Libanon, after visiting Krak the Chevaliers near the Lebanese border. I was not really planning to visit Lebanon, but thought I might give it a go as I Lees verder …
The information in this article comes from: http://www.khartoummonitor.com The governors of North and South Darfur States, retired Major Generals, Salah Ali Al Gali and Ibrahim Suleiman have declared Jebel Marra area a closed zone for security reasons in order to crack down on armed robbery which turned recently into tribal Lees verder …
ON the map below you will see the continent Africa if I am right. Of course my route goes from Holland to Zimbabwe so where is the Europe part you think. The Europe part is by for not as interesting for you and me so I will almost scip that Lees verder …
Flew to England for a the english Horizons Unlimited motorcycle meeting. Second UK HORIZONS UNLIMITED MEETING Here you will find my experiences at the Second UK HORIZONS UNLIMITED MEETING. We booked a flight from Amsterdam to East Midlands at 13:20 on Friday. So we would be in time for the Lees verder …
Went to the Dutch Motorcycle Trade fair in Utrecht (Motorbeurs Utrecht). Talked to EVA motors, who prepare bikes as well, only I prefer the rack from berndtech / XTravels. He did point me to a couple of other things I might want to change. This is a different Air-filter and Lees verder …
Had a meeting with Patrick from XTravels. He made several trips to the Sahara, has his own saharatravelburo now and knows how to prepare bikes! With him I am going to make the following changes to the bike: Fit a Kickstarter, build a rack, fit a Cylinder Head Temperature Gauge Lees verder …
Bought myself a nice bike for the trip. Although Yamaha is on its return and KTM is taking over. Certainly when they keep on winning Dakar. I choose an old but reliable bike. The Yamaha XT 600 Z from 1990 a 3AJ. It needs some work to get it Africa Lees verder …